Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 83 priced lines covering 600 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 868 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 129 head. replacement cattle receipts at 23 head. Counted as USDA files them — 1 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Aug 16, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 868Last week 2,049Year ago 2,773

Slaughter CattleReceipts 129Last week 298Year ago 409

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 106Year ago 149

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. All feeder classes sold steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	310	252.00–274.00	261.18
7	—	609	210.00–216.00	211.74
10	—	566	218.00–220.00	219.31
2	—	475	226.00–228.00	226.98
2	—	725	192.00	192.00
9	—	527	221.00–231.00	222.06
4	—	668	200.00–221.00	215.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	426	217.00–238.00	226.74
9	—	321	237.00–255.00	244.67
2	—	753	180.00–182.00	181.00
3	—	670	186.00–190.00	187.65
28	—	522	208.00–225.00	216.10
17	—	571	202.00–220.00	206.95
11	—	367	227.00–248.00	236.50
32	—	484	215.00–230.00	224.15
8	—	621	195.00–203.00	198.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	218.00	218.00
16	—	571	229.00–232.00	230.29
14	—	635	221.00–225.00	222.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	423	200.00–220.00	208.05
6	—	478	210.00–217.00	212.79
6	—	383	210.00–225.00	217.08
4	—	570	190.00–205.00	197.57
5	—	325	216.00–245.00	232.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	586	233.00–248.00	238.45
4	—	433	255.00–267.50	261.06
4	—	604	230.00–239.00	236.74
32	—	667	224.00–240.00	232.01
1	—	725	231.50	231.50
8	—	511	242.00–250.00	247.80
3	—	462	252.00–258.00	254.33
5	—	370	264.00–287.00	274.84
1	—	305	300.00	300.00
3	—	766	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	676	218.50–225.00	220.20
7	—	371	250.00–272.00	264.32
5	—	618	218.00–231.00	226.56
1	—	765	212.00	212.00
7	—	426	242.00–265.00	256.92
8	—	473	238.00–255.00	244.96
13	—	567	228.00–233.00	231.09
35	—	524	230.00–245.00	238.53
2	—	343	265.00–270.00	267.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	225.00	225.00
2	—	525	235.00	235.00
2	—	585	212.00–215.00	213.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	236.00	236.00
3	—	473	232.00–237.50	234.80
2	—	683	212.00–219.00	215.54
2	—	588	219.00–224.00	221.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	758	185.00–186.00	185.34
7	—	338	287.00–295.00	292.84
8	—	466	208.00–252.00	232.66
9	—	426	230.00–265.00	248.96
1	—	655	208.00	208.00
16	—	541	200.00–222.00	213.75
5	—	629	196.00–215.00	207.37
4	—	375	270.00–272.00	271.52
1	—	735	190.00	190.00
2	—	568	220.00–227.00	223.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	458	207.00–215.00	212.97
1	—	620	185.00	185.00
6	—	528	190.00–217.00	200.21
4	—	575	190.00	190.00
7	—	428	220.00–227.00	224.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,408	102.00–104.50	103.16
3	—	1,280	111.00–114.00	112.33
2	—	1,478	90.00–94.50	92.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,154	83.00–98.00	88.22
14	—	1,176	91.00–100.00	97.46
7	—	1,102	81.00–84.00	82.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,325	105.50–110.00	107.77
8	—	1,128	91.00–102.00	96.55
19	—	1,216	97.00–111.00	102.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,160	105.00–120.00	111.59
7	—	1,386	112.00–127.00	118.09
4	—	1,649	118.00–131.00	120.91

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,070.00	1,070.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,150.00–1,200.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	540.00–720.00	630.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	700.00–900.00	787.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	950.00	950.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Alabama barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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